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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1966
Controversial Medicare Program Starts Today
•Indiana Sesquicentennial Year 10{ Per Copy
NO. 209
Medicare became a fact of life today. Hospital administrators said they were ready for it The federal health insurance program that could open hospital doors to about 19 million Americans over 65 went into effect at midnight Critics had predicted darkly it could result in a flood tide of elderly patients seeking admission to the hospitals. But nearly all hospital administrators questioned by United Press International in a spot check across the country thought they were equal to the task. The nearly universal feeling was that somehow, someway the country’s hospitals could cope with this as they had with
short staffs, lack of facilities and other problems. Basic Provision Basically, Medicare provides up to 60 days of hospital care with the patient paying the first $40 and, if additional hospital treatment is required. Medicare will cover the costs over $10 a day for another SO days. The second part of Medicare, which is optional, costs the oldsters $3 a month and provides, after a $50 initial payment by the patient, the bulk of the money for doctor bills. Civil rights also was an issue, principally in the South. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare said more than 600 hospitals had failed to comply with desegregation re-
quirements in time to qualify for participation in Medicare on opening day. “No hospital will be cleared for participation in Medicare unless the department has convincing evidence that the hospital is in fact in compliance,” HEW Secretary John Gardner said, emphasizing that token pledges would not be enough. Most In South The number of non-complying hospitals represent about 8 per cent of the nation’s houses of healing and most are in the Deep South. Rep. Li. H. Fountain, D-N.C., charged the federal government with depriving elderly citizens, white and Negro, of Medicare benefits in an effort to impose “i 11 e g a 1” desegregation de-
mands. Individual physicians meeting in Chicago this week for the American Medical Association convention had predicted that “bedlam” would break out when Medicare went into effect. However, an American Hospital Association spokesman in Chicago said Thursday, “we expect no big rush in as far as inpatient hospitalization is concerned. 11 “Twenty-five per cent of the patients in hospitals today are 65 years or older. What happens is that they will be discharged, on paper, and will be readmitted tomorrow Friday as Medicare patients. We expect no more than a 5 per cent increase through the first couple of months.
Windy Hill Club to Host Fireworks Show
Again this year, as in the past. Windy Hill Country Club will be host to the Annual Fourth of July fireworks display to be held Monday, st$rting at dusk, and the firing line will be just off the fairways in front of the Clubhouse. An added feature is scheduled this year, that promises to make this attraction the largest aerial show ever witnessed in Greencastle. For the first time 18 inch shells will be fired, along with the usual 12 and 15 inches. The sound waves from these 18 inch shells may shake a few window panes, but no major difficulties are anticipated. Also, these
20 Years Ago Miss Helen McGaughey, high school English teacher, was awarded a tuition scholarship to the Indiana University Writers’ Conference. Prof. Van Denman Thompson and sons and Robert Aker left on a vacation trip to New Hampshire. Mrs. Chester Coan was hostess to the Active Chapter of Tri Kappa.
SEE HOW THEY SUN July 1-2—July
shells travel so high and their burst covers such a wide area that some residents will be able to enjoy the show from their front porch. Thanks to the Putnam County Fair Board, parking of automobiles will be permitted in the Fairgrounds free of charge. All motorists are urged to use extreme caution while driving, because visibility is at its lowest just at dusk, and a large turnout is expected to use the Fairground’s parking lot 273,000 Yanks In Via Nam SAIGON UPI — A U. S. military spokesman today reported there were 273,000 U. S. servicemen in Viet Nam as of June 26. The breakdown was as follows: Army, 164,000; Navy and Coast Guard, 17,000; Marines, 54,000; Air Force 38,000. Vietnamese government forces reestimated at 585,000 and other free world forces in Viet Nam including South Koreans, Australians, New Zealanders, number 30,000. The spokesman estimated the strength of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces in South Viet Nam at 270,000.
Too Liberal
SAN DIEGO, Calif. UPI — William Godfrey, who won the Democratic nomination for Congress from the 36th District in the June 7 primary, registered as an independent Wednesday, stating that the Democratic party was “too liberal.” Robert H. Farber In New Yak Dean Robert H. Farber of DePauw University this week is participating in a program for selected college educators and administrators at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. Aimed at developing a better understanding between education and economics, the weeklong session enables the participants to engage InTTHudy 6i personnel administration, personnel policies and organization planning at the policy-making level. Dean Farber will participate in discussions on economic education and the relationships existing between liberal education and economic education. Management d e v e 1 o pment, training and research functions of the bank will also be observed, and seminars will be held for the visiting educators during the week. Now You Know By United Press International More than one billion persons, about half the world’s population, speak Indo-Europe-an languages, according to Collier’s Encyclopedia.
High and Low NEW YORK UPI -—The highest temperature reported Thursday to the U.S. Weather Bureau, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was 109 at Blythe, Calif. The low this morning was 42 at Greenville, Maine, Reno, Nev., and Stampede Pass, Wash. Bombers Hit For Third Day SAIGON UPI — U.S. warplanes destroyed oil installations near Haiphong today for the third consecutive day, underlining President Johnson’s threat to punish North Viet Nam until it is ready to talk peace. Planes hit within 15 miles of the big port. U.S. planes also struck Viet Cong positions in South Viet Nam but in a tragic error accidentally dumped their bombs Vietnamese viHage, kHling five civilians and wounding 43 others. The accident occurred about 15 miles north of the Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon. In the ground war, troops of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division 60 miles northeast of Saigon were chasing the remnants of a Viet Cong battalion back into Cambodia. A U.S. officer said the Communists apparently struck from Cambodia but were routed with a loss of 320 Viet Cong dead. Communist China reacted for the first time today to the attacks on oil storage depots on the outskirts of Hanoi and Haiphong. It said the attacks brought “the U.S. aggressors . . . one step nearer to their grave.” But it did not threaten a Korean-type intervention. Communist diplomats in London said Red China is "virtually certain” to steer clear of direct armed conflict with the United States unless China itself is attacked. Peking was said to fear any first attack on China would hit her nuclear installations in Sinkiang province.
Tank truck from Hebron, Ohio, Fish Hatchery parked at Fairgrounds passing out 1 inch large mouth bass to qualified recipients. To be eligible for free fish, a pond must meet the
STOCK FISH ARE DISTRIBUTED Soil Conservation Service requirement*.
Photo—Don Whithead
Two Arrested Two arrests were made in the city last night by city officers Bill Masten and Russell Rodgers. Gary G. Terrell, 28 years old. of 1132 Avenue B, city, was picked up at 3 a. m. this morning north on State Road 43 for failure to have a driver’s
license.
Earlier at 9:05 p. m. Thursday Officer Russell Rodgers placed Ray A. Thomas, 67 years old, of the city under arrest for public intoxication. Thomas was picked up on South Indiana
Street
Moon Satellite
Is Launched
CAPE KENNEDY UPI—The United States launched a moonmonitoring satellite on a threeday voyage toward a planned lunar orbit today to report on the radiation environment awaiting Apollo astronauts. The 206-pound physics laboratory America’s answer to the Soviet Luna 10 satellite launched three months ago, was sent on a course designed to get it into orbit around the moon Monday without the usual midway
steering correction.
The slender Delta rocket carrying the satellite soared into the sky on its 246,000-mile journey at 12:02 p. m. EST as engineers successfully met a launch period only two minutes long. The launch originally was scheduled Thursday but was postponed by heavy rain.
Indianapolis Securities Corp. Loses License INDIANAPOLIS UPI — The i Jeffers quoted the purchasers broker-dealer license of the In- j as saying they had been told it dianapolis Securities Corp. was; was the policy of the trusts to cancelled Thursday by the of- j buy back the shares whenever fice of Secretary of State John (the owner wanted to sell, but
Sentence Revoked The Owen Circuit Court revoked the suspended sentence of Freddie Jaynes who was released on a suspended sentence to the Owen Circuit Court by the Putnam Circuit Court after pleading guilty here to the charge of peeping in windows. He was sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for a period of not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.
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Rescue Truck Called Greencastle’s Rescue Department made a hasty run at 8:23 this morning to the Daily Banner Office where they administered oxygen to George Reynolds, Shop Foreman at the plant. Reynolds was then rushed to Putnam County Hospital by Rector Funeral Home ambulance and is listed as in “Fair” condition. Two Plead Guilty To Court Charges William C. Tarr, 30, Bedford, and George R. Clark, 30, Muncie, serving 180 day sentence, pleaded guilty this morning to escape charges. Stealing an electrician’s truck, they escaped from the Indiana State Farm June 25. The truck was recovered later, but state owned electrical equipment is still missing. A charge of theft was dismissed. Both were sentenced to more than 1 but less than 5 years at the Indiana State Prison; but the State recommended they serve the full 5 years if the electrical equipment is not recovered, if it is recovered the one to five sentence will hold. Another escapee, Benny Paul Morse, 36, Elkhart, serving 6 months, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 1 to 5 years at the Indiana State Prison. Lonnie Stephen Jenkins, 19, j Greencastle, charged with theft of billfold containing $44, pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to Indiana State Farm for one year.
Winners Announced For Annual 4-H Contest
The Putnam County 4-H Demonstration & Public Speaking Contests were held Wednesday, June 29, at the Greencastle Vocational Building. Winners were Doris Hartman, Putnamville; Becky McFarland, Bainbridge; James Albin, Clinton Twp.; Ruth Miller, Greencastle; and Susan Robertson, Greencastle. Doris Hartman’s demonstration of horse and pony equipment won the honor of rep* senting Putnam County in the
Becky McFarland
Bottorff, and with it goes the
licenses of 269 agents.
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voluntarily Thursday by Allen | the 22 cities where the firm had
that such resale did not appear
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Doris Hartman
Horse and Pony Category at the district contest. Doris explained and showed some of th# equipment used on riding horses. Becky McFarland’s winning demonstration was titled "Let’s Say Cheese.” This was a dairy foods demonstration showing various uses of cheese. An example was a chocolate-cheese
pie.
Susan Robertson was selected the most outstanding of the junior demonstrators. Susan showed how color is a part of our life. She did this by drawing pictures. Other junior exhibitors that received special recognition were Beverly McFarland and Rusa Rooker. Beverly’s demonstration was on “Snack-time Hits” and Rusa’s was on “The Right Sandwich.” i Jim Albin of Bainbridge and Ruth Miller of Greencastle won the Public Speaking Contest. This contest is divided between girls and boys. All of the winners except those in the junior division are eligible to participate in the district contest on July 14. Others in the Senior Demonstration and their placing* were: Lynn Farrow, red; and Floreen Danforth, white. Others in the Public Speaking were Allan Sutherlin and Carolyn Smith. Junior Demonstration contestants that have not been mentioned were as follows: Sandra Evans, blue; Kathy Sutherlin, blue; Betty Jo Brewer, blue; Tammie MacPhail, red; Judy Austin, red; Debbie Call, red; Cathy Davis, red; Connie Sutherlin, red; Linda Craft, red; and Terri Jo Walker, red. Louise Johnson, county extension agent, Home Economics of Parke County was the judge of the demonstrations and Dr. James Elrod of DePauw was the Public Speaking Judge.
Two State
SIGNS OBSCURE VISION
The problem of service station signs has been taken into consideration by the City Council. The signs have been placed partly on city property and are causing a hazard to motorists by blocking their vision. The Council has agreed on the subject and asked Mayor Fisher and Police Chief Newgent to act accordingly. This photograph shows an example of a sign obstructing a motorist’s view of the highway. Banner Photo—Steve Hurst.
W. Driscoll, Indianapolis, who resigned as president of Indianapolis Securities. “We had no alternative except to cancel the corporation’s broker-dealer license,” Indiana Securities Commissioner Thomas Jeffers said. “This may be their way of saying they no longer want to do business.” Bottorff said an investigation had been started to determine “whether there have been violations of the Indiana Securities law.” Jeffers said complaints have been received from purchasers who claimed they had difficulty in trying to resell securities to the real estate investment trusts from which they had been purchased through Indianapolis Securltieo.
offices, Jeffers said. The main office was in Indianapolis (5239 N. Tacoma Ave.). A March report showed regional or district offices in Fort Wayne. Terre Haute, Hammond, Crawfordsville, Covington, j Mooresville, Noblesville, Anderson, Lafayette, Rossville, Monticello, New Albany, Corydon, Kokomo, Richmond, South Bend, Muncie, Bloomington, Evansville, Vincennes and Lawrenceburg. The order cancelling the license notes that “it appears to the commissioner and he so finds that the Indianapolis Securities Corporation has ceased to do business as a brokerdealer.”
INDIANAPOLIS UPI — Two Indiana state government officials announced their retirements Thursday. William F. Rightor, director of property management, and Walter C. Shea, director of data processing, will retire from the Indiana Department of Administration. Department director John T. Hatchett said Rightor, Indianapolis, plans to remain in a part-time job as executive director of the State Office Building Commission. No replacement was annotmeed for him. Shea, of Greencastle, will be replaced by William Erickson, Indianapolis, currently with the Department of Revenue and formerly with the data processing division.
NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
INDIANA WEATHER: Sunny and hot today. Fair and warm tonight. Sunny and hot Saturday. Continued humid. High today 90 to 95. Low tonight 67 to 72. High Saturday 90 to 95. Outlook for Saturday night and Sunday: Little change. Minimum gg*
6 A.M. 7 A.M. 8 A.M. 9 A.M. 10 A.M. 11 A.M. 12 Noon 1 P.M. .
69“ 72* 82 # 84* 87 • 92* OS* 95*